Apparatus for removing staples.



Q E. K. BOTTLE.

APPARATUS FOR REMOVING STAPLES.

Patented Nov; 16, 1915.

azimpnrrap sra'rnsra'rnnr orrroa- EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE, OF ELIVIIRA,YORK, ASSIGNOR TOAIVIERIGAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO,CANADA, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO.

APrAnA'rusroR REMOVING STAPLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

- Application filed November 4, 1911. Serial No. 658,486.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD KI BY Bor- 'ILE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Elmira, in the county of Chemun'g and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Appalams forRemoving Staples, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertaiinsto make and use the same.

This invention relates to apparatus for removing staples, and withregard to the more specific features thereof, to apparatus for removingthe binding staples of books.

It is one of the objects of this invention to provide a simple andpractical method and apparatus for quickly and etiiciently removing thestaples from the bound edgeof amok. M. I

Another object is to provide a self-con tained apparatus of the abovenature that will be cheap to manufacture and rapid and convenient inuse.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is described one of the variouspossible forms of my invention,Figures 1 and 2 are fragmentaryperspective views showing the manner in which the apparatus is used;Fig. 8 is a plan view of the blank of the staple-removing tool; Fig. 4.-is a similar view of the finished article; Fig. 5 is a longitudinalsectional view of the article shown in Fig. 4:; Fig. 6 is a plan view ofthe complete apparatus; and Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view of thetool-holding device.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the drawing.

Conducive to a clearer understanding of this invention, it may beremarked that in the manufacture of sales books and similar articles asingle order often comprises sev eral thousand books. It sometimeshappens that in filling such an order a defect in the manufacture of thepads occurs, in which case it is cheaper to remove the binding staplesthan to throw away the pads.

Referring to the drawings in detail, and particularly Fig. 6, 1 denotesa fiat table or lap board provided with a transverse groove orlongitudinal recess 2. Parallel with this groove is a cleat 3 adjustablein a direction transverse to its length by means of bolts or thumbscrews 4 passing through the cleat and slots 5 in the board 1.Positioned at right angles to the cleat 3 is a second cleat 6 similarlyadjustable in a direction transverseto its length by means of bolts 7pass: ing through slots 8. The cleats 3 and 6 are adapted to engage theend and side of a.

metal blank shown in Fig. 3, and comprises a wedge-shaped or taperingstaple-engaging end 16 which curves inwardly from the sides, as shown inFig. 1, and also from the top and bottom as shown in Fig. 5.Substantially opposite its widest portion, which is preferably about thewidth of the inside of the average staple, and extending from each side,are laterally projecting arms 17 having inwardly cut notches 18 so thatwhen the arms are folded over, as shown in Fig. 4, they provide anoverhanging hood, the under side of which is adapted to engage the topof the staple, as shown in Fig. 2.

The method of operation or manner of using this apparatus issubstantially as follows: The board 1 is taken in the lap of theoperator and the cleats 3 and 6 are set to engage the end and side of abook so that the staples may be positioned over the groove 2. Thestaple-removing tool is then re moved from the spring clip 12 and isinserted beneath the clamped over ends of the prongs of the staple onthe reverse side of the book, as shown in Fig. 1, and pushed rearwardlyat right angles to the plane of the staple, which causes the ends of theprongs of the staple, due to the curved tapering edges of the tool, toswing upwardly, as shown in the dotted lines. All of the this manner andthen the book reversed so that these projecting ends extend into thegroove 2. The same tool is then pressed down so as to take in under thetop of the binding staples of one book are treated in staple and'movedrearward until the top of the staple catches in under the hood 17, as

clearly shown in Fig. 2. A further; rearward and upward movement willwithdraw the staples. The hood, by engaging the top of the staple,positively prevents distortion and one side pulling out before theother, obvi" ating the necessity for the use of pliers or other meansfor completing theoperation. The tool is then replaced on its holdingclip 7 While positioning the next book Itis thus seen that thisinvention pro-' vides a simple and practical means for quickly andefliciently removing the staples fro oks, a d c mpli h s, among t ers,

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s ma y cha g 6911M b a e in c r y-f 1 s ou the lim method an n th ove lii su o'n, d many appa nt y Wi ely different embodiment of thisinvention coli d be made ithout departingtfrom the scope here f, it nend d tha l te ce tainedin the above description or, shown in theaccompanying drawings shall be interpre d as lu trative nd ot i a liitin sense. I a 7 'Having described my invention, what I sepia a as Pa et a 2? obta ne t claim as" new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. A staple-removing tool comprising. a handle, a forwardly extendingWedge-shaped portion connected to said handle for engagingthe under partof a staple, and transverse members above said Wedge shaped portion[integrally connected thereto and terminating short of. the forward endthereof, such-transversemembers extending for- Ward to form a hood forthe staple,

2.VA staple-removing tool comprising a han le, a forwa dly ex e i gwedeshaped EDWARD K YBO TL WYitnesses SAWWR; L-

five; cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' reass ss It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,160,568,granted November 16, 1915, upon the application of Edward Kirby Bottle,of Elmira, New York, for an improvement in Apparatus for RemovingStaples, an error appears in the printed specification requiringcorrection as follows: Page 1, lines 1718, strike out the Words methodand; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with thiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 14th day of December, A. D., 1915.

' R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

[SEAL] CL ESQ-26,

